Clamp for vises and other articles.



F. VAN CAUWENBERGH.

CLAMP FOR VISES AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED IULY 3| l9l6.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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1 To all whom it may concern:

1 Be it known that I, FRANK VAN CAUWEN BEitGI-IQWL citizen of the United States, resid-- ing atRockford, in. the county of Winne.

bagoand State of Illinois, have invented Lwcertainunew and useful Improvements in Clamps for Vises and. other Articles, of

a compress the jaws as described in my patent which thefollowing is a specification.

iisire to use the-same in. places remote from their: work benches, and thlsls especially Inithe pursuit of various trades workmen who jlemploy vises and other tools often detruein the case of plumbers and repair men uwhose .1work brings them to places where [bench v'lses are not flQCGSSlblG. l l l invention a1ms to provide means for mounting on any suitable support a vise or ;similar tool-or work support wherever the workmen may be employed. In other Words,

I have providedmeans by which a vise or other article may be easily attached to any of a large variety of fixed supports, such as to a post, pipe, plank, ledge, etc.

My invention also contemplates the provision of a supporting means of this character. in the form of a screw clamp equipped iwith novel means for attachment of a vise thereto, whereby the vise may be supported in upright position regardless of whether the clamp is attached to the support in any of a plurality of different positions necessitated by reasonof the shape or position of the said support.

Referring to the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side view of a clamp supporting a vise according to my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the clamping device; and

Fig.3 is a sectional view taken on the line EB-+73 of Fig. 1.

While I have illustrated my improvements as supporting a vise of the character described in my Patent No. 828,787, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to this purpose, since my improved clamp may be used for supporting any of various tools, work supports and the like as will be readily apparent hereinafter.

The clamp, of the well known C type, consists of a body 4, one arm 5 of which constitutes the fixed jaw of the clamp. The

other arm 6 forming the nut, carries the screw 7 to which is connected through the agency of a ball joint 8, the movable jaw 9 which is braced by a sliding connection 11 j with the flange 12 of the clamp body. In

Specification of Letters Patent.

the present instance, the clamp is shown sementionedabove. The jaw 14 is formed with. anintegral head 22 shaped to provide vertically iextending and tapered side faces 23,best shown in'Fig. '3. The visethrough the agency of this head 22 is adapted to be .detachably interlocked with the clamp in a manner which. will now be described.

Patented Nov. 6, 191 7. Application filed Ju1 a191e. Serial No. 107,304. a a

The means on theclamp enabling the vise to be? interlocked. therewith is disposed at the elbowof'the clamp adjacent to itsfixed jaw so that the point of attachment is disposed in close proximity to thepoint of attachment of the clamp to its means of support. Also by utilizing this corner of the clamp for the vise attachment two adjoining sides of the vise are available and are best adapted for this purpose. Formed integral with this corner of the clamp is a pair of heads designated generally by reference characters 24 and 25 arranged in right angular relation and each provided with a plurality of sockets into any of which the head 22 of the vise is adapted to be inserted. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, each head 24 and 25 is provided with four sockets 26 spaced quarteringly, each socket having side faces 27 tapering or converging inwardly and having reduced openings 28. Each socket is shaped to conform to the taper of the head 22 of the vise and to fittingly receive said head. In other words, the head of the vise is adapted to be inserted into any socket in the clamp heads 24 and 25 from the outer end of said sockets, and in the instance shown in the drawing the vise head is inserted in the uppermost socket of the head 25. It will be noted viewing Fig. 3, that the upper portion of the side faces 23 of the head 22 fittingly engage the walls of the uppermost socket, while the lower portion of said sides merely engages beneath the reduced mouth portions thereof. Thus the head 22 is rigidly secured in both the upper and lower sockets against lateral displacement. A pin 29 may be passed through the head 22 immediately beneath the lower edge of the upper socket in which the head is engaged, as shown in Fig. 3, for the purflorihorizontal direction'or whether the screw f end-'jof; the clamp. must on. account oflimited spacefbe positioned either to one orthe other pose of preventing Withdrawal of the head from the socket. The ViSiSlthliS rigidly secured to the clamp. Sincetherehrefour in eight difi'erent positions relatively there to. By reason of this provision for inter-J locking the vise and clamp' the vise may. alwaystbe inoiinted in upright position irre spective of whether-thesupportitoqwhich the clamplis attached extends in a vertical ide ofthe SLiPpd -t: r I 5 L I claim: i .r

' j'olefa nd a elafrhp. s npportftherefon therigid element of the" article being formed with "a tapered head haying aredxieed neokso-as to provlide' tapered projecting sides; the/(3131111) beingfshaped to provide a. pair of integral headsi haVi-ng' faces relativelyarranged at.

substantially right. angles and each proyided with, a: series" of radially arranged sockets" respectirelytapering toward the -centerz'ofq the :So as to iittingly ,reoeive thetaper- 'ing'head of the article, the sockets, of each headlon opposite sides of the center thereof 7.

being inaline ment-an'd so shaped that When in one socket the tapered sidesjof said head 'iW i11"eXtend beyond Lsaid socketia ndzwill en gagein the inner end ofthe opposite or -alin'ed socket; v

130 1 the tapered head of th e .a article is inserted.

2. The'combinationofa Vise 0r other arti-.

ale and a clamp support therefor; therigidelement ofthearticleib'eing' formed with a tapered head havingv a reduced-neck Soas to- '40 1 F being equ-ippedf'w ith a head I having lsockets' provide tapered projecting sides theiclamp V '-;i"quartering1yarranged-landtapered inwardly J The" combination of V156 or other ,arti-h froniitheir: outer ends; so that the -tapered socket connection; 5 3st:

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